EU-US Cooperation on Internal Security: Building a Transatlantic Regime

181 Pages·2017·0.898 MB·English

by  Dimitrios Anagnostakis

EU–US Cooperation on Internal
Security
This book analyses the cooperation between the European Union and the United
States on internal security and counter-t errorism since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In particular, four areas of cooperation are examined: customs and supply
chain security; judicial cooperation (the mutual legal assistance and extradition
agreements); law enforcement cooperation (the Europol–US agreements); and
the EU–US agreements for the sharing of air passengers’ data (PNR agree-
ments). These cases are analysed through a conceptual framework based on the
theories of international regimes, with the data being drawn from an extensive
documentary analysis of media sources collected through the ‘Nexis’ database,
official documents, and from 13 semi-s tructured elite interviews with US and
EU officials. The book argues that the EU and the US have established a trans-
atlantic internal security regime based on shared principles, norms, rules, and
interests. While at the beginning of this process the EU had a more reactive and
passive stance at the later stages both the EU and the US were active in shaping
the transatlantic political agenda and negotiations. The book demonstrates how
the EU has had a much more proactive role in its relations with the US than has
often been assumed in the current literature.
This book will be of much interest to students of EU policy, foreign policy,
international security and IR in general.
Dimitrios Anagnostakis is a researcher on international security, terrorism, the
European Union, and transatlantic relations. He is a Teaching Fellow at Liver-
pool Hope University, UK.
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Names: Anagnostakis, Dimitrios, author.
Title: EU–US cooperation on internal security : building a transatlantic
regime / Dimitrios Anagnostakis.
Other titles: European Union–United States cooperation on internal
security
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. |
Series Routledge studies in European security and strategy |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016038438| ISBN 9781138690165 (hardback : alk.
paper) | ISBN 9781315520179 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Internal security–European Union countries. | Internal
security–United States. | Security, International–International cooperation.
| Terrorism–Prevention–International cooperation. | Judicial assistance–
International cooperation. | Law enforcement–International cooperation. |
Airlines–Passenger lists–International cooperation. | European Union
countries–Foreign relations–United States. | United States–Foreign
relations–European Union countries.
Classification: LCC HV8194.A2 A63 2017 | DDC 363.32094–dc23
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Contents
Acknowledgements viii
List of abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
1 Theories of international regimes 21
2 Customs security cooperation between the European
Union and the United States 44
3 Judicial cooperation between the European Union and the
United States: the mutual legal assistance and extradition
agreements 67
4 Transatlantic law enforcement cooperation: the
agreements between Europol and the United States 90
5 The passenger name record agreements between the
European Union and the United States 115
Conclusion 148
Index 165
Acknowledgements
I would like first to thank my PhD supervisor Wyn Rees for his help and guid-
ance during the duration of my doctoral studies. His encouragement, patience,
and support were immensely helpful. My thanks also go to Alex Danchev, Rory
Cormac, Sarah Léonard, and David Gill for their insightful comments and sug-
gestions on the manuscript. They bear no responsibility for any shortcomings in
this book.
My thanks are owed to the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation,
which provided generous financial assistance for the completion of this project.
This research would have been impossible to carry out without the Foundation’s
help and support.
I would like to thank the officials from the European Union and the United
States who shared their knowledge and information with me. Their practitioner
perspective is crucial for this book. Although they are not named here, I am
grateful for their kindness.
Thanks are also due to Andrew Humphrys and Hannah Ferguson at Routledge
for their help in organising the reviews and in addressing various issues related
to the publication process. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers
of this book for their useful comments and constructive criticism.
My thanks also go to all my friends and colleagues in the UK, Greece, and
Turkey who contributed to a friendly environment.
I owe special thanks to Melis for her support and patience. Her encourage-
ment and our shared moments kept me motivated for the duration of this project.
Finally, I would like to thank my parents Maria and Nikos for their ceaseless
support and sacrifices. I would not have been able to get this far without them.
This book is dedicated to them.
Abbreviations
AEO Authorised Economic Operator
API Advance Passenger Information
APIS Advance Passenger Information System
CAPS Computer- Assisted Aviation Pre- screening System
CBP Customs and Border Protection Unit
CRS Computer Reservation Systems
CSI Container Security Initiative
C- TPAT Customs- Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
DHS Department of Homeland Security
EAW European Arrest Warrant
EC European Community
EU European Union
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
JHA Justice and Home Affairs
JSB Joint Supervisory Body
MLA Mutual Legal Assistance
NTA New Transatlantic Agenda
PNR Passenger Name Records
TFTP Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme
US United States
WCO World Customs Organization